Piershill | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Portobello, Edinburgh,Edinburgh Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°57′25″N3°09′05″W / 55.9569°N 3.1514°W /55.9569; -3.1514 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 22 March 1868[1] | Opened |
| 1 January 1917[1] | Closed |
| 1 April 1919[1] | Reopened |
| 7 September 1964[1] | Closed |
Piershill railway station was a railway station inEdinburgh, Scotland, on a loop off the main line. It was opened on 22 March 1868.
Piershill station closed in 1964, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Musselburgh branch rail service as part of theBritish Railways rationalisation programme known as theBeeching Axe, although the line itself was retained forrail freight use. The route was used for infrequent movement of waste from Powderhall to the East Coast Main Line until 2016.[2]
Piershill was near the temporaryMeadowbank Stadium station which was opened during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986; Meadowbank station closed shortly after the games finished.
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Abbeyhill Line partially extant but disused, station closed | North British Railway Edinburgh Suburban Line | Portobello Line extant but partially disused, station closed |
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